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Job overview

We are looking to recruit internationally trained mental health nurses, who currently reside within the UK. Initially you will start employment as a healthcare support worker, whilst we enrol you onto our OSCE preparation programme. Once successfully completed and your PIN has been attained you will start as a mental health nurse. This will therefore mean you will start on a band 4 salary until you have received your PIN, at which point you will then progress to band 5.

Essential criteria for application to this Nursing programme:

• Already residing in the UK
• Passed your English-speaking test (IETLS or OET)
• Passed your CBT (computer-based theory)
• Possess a relevant mental health nursing qualification

Within your application, please declare within the “Supporting information” how you meet the specifications previously stated, along with your understanding of what is required to work as a mental health nurse and why you feel you would be suitable for this post.

Main duties of the job

Driven by your passion for delivering exceptional care, to our patients based within the wards of Prospect Park Hospital providing them with the highest quality mental health nursing.

Services you may be considered for;

• Adults mental health
• Older adults mental health

We have opportunities in the following localities:

• Reading

What a typical week looks like for most of our locations (these may differ slightly depending upon the locality offered):

• Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4.30pm
• One weekend every four weeks (Time off week)
• Late Shift: 11.00am – 7pm

Working for our organisation

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance including part-time offerings
• Highest paid mileage in the area
• 27 days’ annual leave for new starters rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Training and support programmes to develop your skills and support your progression
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Berkshire Healthcare helps people manage their health in their local area, through a range of specialist and community services across the county. We promote independence and quality of life through community and mental health services and aim for seamless delivery of the best care in the right place. We get to know communities and the people in them so we can deliver the best services that meet their health needs.

Our team of 4,300 staff provide specialist mental health and community health services to a population of around 900,000 within Berkshire. We provide healthcare to people in their own homes and from different sites across the county.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information.

Please ensure your application is submitted with a valid email address for your referees in order to minimise delays in the recruitment process. Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email, therefore applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly.

Applicants are advised that as a result of the high level of response we receive for some of our vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date.

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s sites.

No agencies to contact Berkshire Healthcare directly please.